Australia vs High income: Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy)

Australia
1.73 Mt CO2e
in 2024
High income
19.59 Mt CO2e
in 2024
Australia rank
7th
High income rank
8th

Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) over time

  • Australia
  • High income
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How they compare

High income currently reports 19.59 Mt CO2e against 1.73 Mt CO2e in Australia, a difference of 17.86 Mt CO2e.

That makes High income's figure about 11.3 times Australia's.

Across all 55 years both countries report, High income has been ahead every year.

Australia ranks 7th and High income ranks 8th of 197 countries.

High income has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia High income Difference Ahead
1970s 0.3798 Mt CO2e 21.53 Mt CO2e 21.15 Mt CO2e High income
1980s 0.4651 Mt CO2e 25.51 Mt CO2e 25.04 Mt CO2e High income
1990s 0.5779 Mt CO2e 21.77 Mt CO2e 21.19 Mt CO2e High income
2000s 0.9631 Mt CO2e 19.61 Mt CO2e 18.65 Mt CO2e High income
2010s 1.38 Mt CO2e 19.62 Mt CO2e 18.23 Mt CO2e High income
2020s 1.65 Mt CO2e 19.62 Mt CO2e 17.97 Mt CO2e High income

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions from building (energy), Australia or High income?
High income, at 19.59 Mt CO2e against 1.73 Mt CO2e in Australia as of 2024.
What is the difference in nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions from building (energy) between Australia and High income?
17.86 Mt CO2e, with High income ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and High income?
55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
How do Australia and High income rank globally for nitrous oxide (n2o) emissions from building (energy)?
Australia ranks 7th and High income ranks 8th of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?
EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission, published as Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from Building (Energy) (Mt CO2e)
Unit
Mt CO2e
Source
EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
244 places, 13,420 data points, 1970–2024
Last refreshed

A measure of annual emissions of nitrous oxide (N2O), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from the building sector (subsector of the energy sector) including IPCC 2006 codes 1.A.4 Residential and other sectors, 1.A.5 Non-Specified. The measure is standardized to carbon dioxide equivalent values using the Global Warming Potential (GWP) factors of IPCC's 5th Assessment Report (AR5).